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The Puerta Mezquita del Cristo
de Sol has a de la Luz VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
double Moorish This mosque, one of the
arch and city’s two remaining Practical Information
two towers. Muslim buildings, dates Toledo. * 84,000.
∑ toledo-turismo.com
from around AD 1000.
n Plaza del Consistorio 1, 925 25
40 30. ( Tue. _ Easter, Corpus
Christi (May/Jun), Virgen del
Sagrario (15 Aug). Iglesia de San
Román: Open Tue–Sun am. &
To Estación de Autobuses and
Estación de RENFE Transport
£ Paseo de la Rosa, 902 32 03
20. @ Avenida de Castilla-La
Mancha, 925 21 58 50.

C A L L E D E L O S A L F I L E R I T O S PLAZA
DE
ZOCODOVER
CALLE DEL COMERCIO C U E S TA D E C A R L O S V . Museo de Santa Cruz

C A L L E D EL H O M B R E D E PA L O The Plaza de Zocodover
The museum’s fine arts
collection includes
among its exhibits this
15th-century zodiac
tapestry from Flanders.

is named after the market
S I X T O R A M Ó N PA R R O which was held here in
Moorish times. It is still the
city’s main square, with
many cafés and shops.

C A L L E D E L C A R D E N A L C I S N E R O S

Key
Suggested route

. Cathedral
Built on the site of a Visigothic
cathedral and a mosque, this
impressive structure is one of the Alcázar
largest cathedrals in Christendom The National Army Museum is
(see pp396–7). The Flamboyant housed here. In the central
Gothic high-altar reredos (1504) is patio is a replica of the statue
the work of several artists. Carlos V y el Furor.
For keys to symbols see back flap

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